The Day Crew are officially ready to go
The HR team that worked so hard to get all the Day Crew and stand by Day Crew all set and ready for the ship
Ethiopian coffee
The HOPE center and how beautiful the renovations are
Quick and easy move to a new room
Quick workouts that melt stress away
A most amazing sandwich from the Lebanese bakery
Also fresh and warm beignets and good coffee and refreshing conversation with Sandrine
Quick and easy 1500km check up for the four Land Cruisers
Seeing two very big mountains move
Discovering I’ve got some really great map drawing skills
Manda was able to come to another meeting for the vehicles and give on the spot insight if something would be an acceptable solution or not
Ships chandlers were selected
Map hunting with Caroline and that she appreciates my running commentary on what I see as we drive
When Liz motivates me to go to the gym when I really don’t want to
How Renee is able to quickly adapt to a new challenge with a can do attitude and a laugh
When processes that were going to be difficult become very simple when the right document is presented and the right question asked
Slowly winning over the port secretaries
Lots of little check marks on the my big to do list
Keith’s encouragement and thoughtful words to all of us on the team and that he is always ready and willing to support us in big and small ways
New wifi in the White House which is nothing short of amazing
A perfectly delightful last team dinner at Le Bistro Latin… baked tomato mozzarella, pepper zebu steak and chocolate fondant
Getting dressed up because we can
Really good conversation about life and all that other good stuff with Renee
Finding a quiet and peaceful spot
Ali’s courage and strength to speak out on behalf of Ethan
The safe arrival of Martha, Jeremy, Clementine, Koffi and Chuck
A Beautiful Wander 
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